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Congo Head Ends Parliament

LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo, March 2—President Joseph Kas­avubu has suspended the Congo­lese Parliament, which would have started its last session to­day. The action amounts to dis­solution, since the mandate of the present Parliament expires June 30.

It is considered doubtful that national elections will be held before then, as prescribed by the Congo's temporary Consti­tution. No electoral law has been drafted, and with Parlia­ment dissolved, difficulties arise about how to approve one.

Mr. Kasavubu did not men­tion elections in a radio speech

Informants here said Parlia­ment would have been unlikely in any case to assemble two­thirds of its members for a quorum. At least 15 members have joined the insurgent Na­tional Liberation Committee, which has pledged to overthrow the central Government. The committee is in Brazzaville, cap­ital of the former French Congo, now the Congo Republic.

Between 30 and 40 members are in the interior and are said to fear arrest if they go to Leopoldville.